There is a lawsuit and a proposed settlement of a class action that involves consumers who paid a subscription fee to rent DVDs online from Netflix anytime from May 19, 2005 to September 2, 2011. The lawsuit against Walmart and Netflix involves the price of online DVD rentals and seeks money for current and former Netflix subscribers. A Settlement has been reached with Walmart. Netflix and Walmart believe that the lawsuit has no basis. Netflix has not settled the lawsuit and the litigation continues against it. The lawsuit claims Walmart and Netflix reached an unlawful agreement under which Walmart would withdraw from the online DVD rental market and Netflix would not sell new DVDs. Walmart and Netflix deny that they entered into such an agreement or that they have done anything wrong, that the Plaintiffs have been harmed in any way, or that the price of online DVD rentals was raised or inflated by any agreement between Walmart and Netflix. The Court has not decided who is right.
HBSS has reached a proposed settlement in the Expedia litigation. Pending court approval of the proposed settlement, Expedia has agreed to pay up to $123.4 million in cash and credits to settle claims that the travel-booking giant defrauded consumers by repeatedly breaching its contractual obligations by charging service fees under false pretenses in millions of hotel transactions, as well as claims the company violated the Consumer Protection Act.
The settlement includes anyone who purchased a hotel stay from Expedia between January 10, 2001 and June 11, 2008, and anyone who purchased a travel package from Expedia between Feb. 18, 2003 and Dec. 11, 2006 that includes a hotel stay as part of the package.
